IBM TRIRIGA Version 10.5.0

Configuring sustainability settings

To accurately assess the energy efficiency of your building portfolio, you configure meters and their allocations, emission factors, templates, weather stations and data, and data utilities. To obtain ENERGY STAR ratings, you configure settings for ENERGY STAR.

Configuring general sustainability settings
Before you can measure and analyze the energy performance of your building portfolio, you configure utility meters, setup carbon calculation requests, and define energy regions.
Configuring emission factors
Emission factors are used by the carbon calculator to covert measured emissions into CO₂ for greenhouse gas calculations. They should be reviewed yearly by either an application administrator or the environmental manager.
Configuring templates for environmental sustainability
Before you can use the checklist or integration functions for a location record, you must create the templates that will be used by the system.
Configuring weather stations and data for environmental sustainability
Weather stations and data allow you to account for the weather where a building is located when you assess the energy efficiency of the building. Before locations can have a weather station associated with them, the administrator or environmental manager must configure a list of all of the weather stations that will be used by the organization.
Integrating TRIRIGA with the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
Direct integration with ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) automates the process of receiving current ENERGY STAR ratings for buildings at regular intervals. You configure TRIRIGA® to connect to the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The ENERGY STAR rating system provides the industry standard for the energy performance of buildings.
Working with data utilities for environmental sustainability
You can use the data utilities section of Sustainability > Setup to manage meter log and ENERGY STAR integration. These utilities will allow you to view and process records that failed to upload and validate building information that is necessary for ENERGY STAR integration.

Parent topic: Prerequisite setup for managing environmental sustainability

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